Lépine, Ambroise Dydime: 1840-1923. Métis leader, adjutant-general in Riel's provisional government, 1869-1870; president of court martial which sentenced Thomas Scott to death, 1874; arrested and sentenced to death, 1874; sentence reduced to two years' imprisonment and loss of civil rights. // Elliott, George Babington: Winnipeg resident about 1874, when he described his business as "accountant, auditor, arbitrator, and correspondent"; founded and edited ephemeral newspaper in Calgary, The Nor'wester, 1884-1885; at a later period seems to have been a resident of Regina (Winshop, The story of the press; Begg, Ten years in Winnipeg). // Brokovski, Frederick Thomas: 1838-1916. Son of a Polish patriot who fled to England; to Canada, 1857; to Winnipeg as a surveyor, 1871; co-editor of Manitoba Gazette, 1872-1874; real estate agent in Winnipeg, 1874; first Manitoba reporter to sit in House of Commons Press Gallery, 1875; Manitoba publicity and immigration agent in Toronto, 1877-1881; draughtsman in Winnipeg, 1881-1883; Dominion intelligence officer at Moosomin, 1883-1886; Dominion lands agent at Battleford, 1887-1897; real estate agent in Battleford, 1897-1916 (Black, History of Saskatchewan; Blue, Alberta, past and present; Hawkes, Story of Saskatchewan). // Includes some French text and advertising.

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